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“New York is obviously the capital of theater.”

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Colin Callender, born in 1952, is an accomplished television producer with extensive experience in the industry. His works have brought memorable experiences to audiences with their profound storytelling and exquisite production quality. more

“I think that's so particularly exciting about this moment in time is all the new platforms that are now existing, the Netflixes and the Hulus and Amazons and so and so forth; I mean they are really doing what pay TV was doing twenty years ago. So a show like Dancing On The Edge gets to have a digital life after it's playing on Starz. I think what's exciting is how these new platforms are providing more opportunities both for first-run programming on the one hand but also for second plays for shows that have appeared first either on traditional broadcast or on cable.”

“I think that the marketplace has changed in many dramatic ways but actually in some sense it's remained the same because the challenge of creating quality programming is the same, and I've always thought that if you follow the great material everything else will fall in to place.”

Ifs Thinking Way Fall Challenges Quality Changed Materials Creating Dramatic Programming Marketplace

Author:Colin Callender

“My principal focus is finding great dramas.”

Focus Drama Findings Principal

Author:Colin Callender

“I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people in the film business working in television, obviously something that we were very influential in starting and doing at HBO. And I think that that's the focus of where I see the company moving forward, continuing to explore that intersection of all that talent.”

“I grew up around music. My father was a professional musician. We used to have a trailer house that we travelled in. I've always loved music. Started out loving to sing to the standards and songs of the early 50s, then that interest shifted to rock and roll, Motown, folk.”

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“When I was about 13 or 14. I was in a Kingston Trio type group. We evolved into the New Breed. Our first song on the radio was "Green Eyed Woman," not to be confused with "Green Eyed Lady".”

Firsts Song Groups Type Green Radio Confused Green Eyes Trios

Author:Timothy B. Schmit

“I knew Glenn Frey. He called me up in 1977 and told me The Eagles were looking for a bass player, preferably someone who could write and had a high voice. That was me.”

Writing Voice Player Eagles Bass Bass Players

Author:Timothy B. Schmit

“Actually touring solo is a little more difficult. It's more demanding than being under the "wing" of the band, no pun intended. It's more intimidating to sing in front of smaller crowds. The buck stops with me.”

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Author:Timothy B. Schmit

“When you're songwriting, it's like talking about your own life experience. When you're with a band, you have to compromise.”

Talking Band Compromise Songwriting Life Experience

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“I think most women we go through a stage in relationship, this is men and women where I'm trusting you, but now I got to test it, I have to make sure your the real deal.”

Thinking Men Real Deals Stage Men And Women Tests Trusting You

Author:Gabrielle Dennis

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